Study Task 1 - Finding Research Sources

COP Theme: Society
Search Terms/Key Words: "social responsibility" "displays his work the situation changes"

LCA Library:

1. The subversive imagination: artists, society and social responsibility.  /  Becker, Carol (ed.)  (1994)
2. Women in Dada: essays on sex, gender, and identity  /  Sawelson-Gorse, Naomi  (1998)
3. Art and feminism.  /  Phelan, Peggy  &  Reckitt, Helena  (2001)

Google Books (preview):

1. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=F7DKAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=social+responsibility+of+an+artist&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=social%20responsibility%20of%20an%20artist&f=false
2. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=u7-fAAAAMAAJ&q=artists+social+responsibility&dq=artists+social+responsibility&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y
3. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zlj0DAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=artists+social+responsibility&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=artists%20social%20responsibility&f=false

Google Scholar:

1. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10400419309534467
2. http://caa.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15436322.1947.10795344
3. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/31824/summary

Websites:

1. http://www.julietdavis.com/COM443/articles/Ways%20of%20Seeing%20Chp3%20-%20John%20Berger.pdf
2.  http://www.theoryhead.com/gender/extract.htm
3. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-objectification/

Jstor:

1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2379120?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
2.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/772652?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
3. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2018434?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Pros and Cons of Different Research Methods

LCA Library 

Pros:

• Good reliability.
• Variation of books from different years/publishers etc.
• Easily accessed. 
• Journals and podcasts are also available.

Cons:

• Might not have the book you need.
• Some books my be biased making them unreliable sources.

Google Books (preview):

Pros:

• Allows access to books that may not be available in the library.
• You can see a preview of the book before buying it to see if it is relevant to your research.
• The book is always available on your computer.

Cons:

• It costs money to see the whole book.
• The author could lose a degree of control of their book making it unreliable.

Google Scholar:

Pros:

• You can see how many times the article has been cited by others.
• Easily accessible.

Cons:

• It isn't controlled by people meaning there can sometimes be errors.
• It doesn't find all the possible reliable sources.

Websites 

Pros:

• Can be easily used.
• There are a large number of accessible sources. 

Cons:

• Sources could be biased and unreliable. 

Jstor

Pros:

• Journals and books can be accessed. 
• They can be downloaded as a PDF making it more accessible.
• The material can be cited.

Cons:

• Most of the sources require an account to be able to access more information.